It's The End Of The Road: Cereal Killers Mystery Cache

OH NO! It Can't BE!

It's the end of the road (the series)


  Cereal Killers!  

(The above coordinates are not the location of the cache!)  Congrats to dcsmitho for first to find!

I'm continuing the "End Of The Road" Series with one of my favorites topics: breakfast cereals.  I could not resist the title of Cereal Killers.  This cache is about those cereals or cereal related icons that have been discontinued.  Hope you enjoy and that this brings out the kids in all of us. I know that when dealing with food products, these may come back from the dead but for now they're killed.  We'll keep you posted on Topher's Breakfast Cereal Character Guide and The Boxtop Cereal News.

And now for the Questions:

Question 1
Yummy Mummy is a mummy and was available from 1987-199?.  He was also available as "Fruity Yummy Mummy" from 1988 to 1990. Fruity Yummy Mummy was self-described as an "artificial fruit flavor frosted cereal with vanilla flavor marshmallows". Technically, Yummy Mummy was not classified as a "Monster Cereal" by General Mills. Then add 6.

Question 2
Big Yella was a blond-haired cowboy with a big yellow cowboy hat. He appeared on boxes of Kellogg's Corn Pops from 197? to 1979.

Question 3
According to Kellogg's, Puffa Puffa Rice was a product from 1967 to 197?. In 1969 and 1970, boxes of Puffa Puffa Rice featured a young boy and girl wearing colorful swimsuits and rowing an outrigger canoe.  Then add 3.

Question 4
General Mills attempted to replace L. C. Leprechaun in the mid-1970's. Waldo the Wizard, a man in a green wizard's cap and gown (and black sneakers on his feet), appeared on boxes in 197?. "Ibbledebibble delicicious". Waldo was created by Alan Snedeker, and designed by Phil Mendez. It was a test to find a replacement for the leprechaun. Officially, Waldo proved to be less popular than "Lucky" and magically disappeared from boxes one year later.   Then add 4.

Question 5
Bigg Mixx (1990-199?) was a chicken-wolf-moose-pig. The cereal is described as being a combination of all the cereals swept up off the Kellogg's factory floor (figuratively speaking, of course). Then add 1.

Question 6
Animated by Dean Yeagle, Moonstones were "the delicious space-shaped cereal that's out of this world". Ralston produced the cereal from 197? to 197?.  Subtract the numbers.

Question 7
Post Huckle Flakes (196?) was the first attempt at a cereal with marshmallows. It failed. General Mills got it right when they invented marbits and introduced Lucky Charms. Like the other entries on this page, this cereal never made it to the shelf.  Then add 7.

Question 8
While Powdered Donutz (19?0) and Chocolate Donutz (19?1) made it to market, General Mills Honey Glazed Donutz, while created and storyboarded, did not. Think Honey-Dipped Cheerios.